MPs search for ways of putting nation on path to more cycling

Stephen Hammond said that proposals in the cycling study could become policyTimes photographer, Paul Rogers

The Government has pledged to implement any innovative measures on cycle safety that emerge from a cross-party inquiry into cycling that was launched yesterday.

A panel of ten MPs will examine proposals that could achieve the aim of The Times’s Cities Fit for Cycling campaign of encouraging more people to cycle — and to do so more safely.

The group’s report, which will follow hearings in the autumn and new year, is being funded by a £10,000 grant from News International, parent company of The Times.

The MPs will invite expert witnesses to address hearings that are expected to cover a range of issues, including road design, training, road safety, the role of local councils, improving integration with public transport and the need for joined-up…